Odd/funny things you see at the gym

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tobafa
tobafa Posts: 344 Member
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I work out in a no frills, non-giant corp, family owned gym. My dept pays for the membership so I go there. However, I've seen a guy working out in jeans, a guy with a trucker hat and toothpick in mouth in cargo shorts ang other odd types of dress. It's not very often but c'mon, you don't work out in jeans, right? Mind you, I live in TX but please tell me I'm not alone.
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  • Meg_78
    Meg_78 Posts: 998 Member
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    I walk past one of those 24/7 gyms everyday (still too gym shy to join lol) I have also seen people working out in jeans (lifting weights) and have seen a lot of people attempting to lift too heavy with terrible and dangerous looking form. Both kinda made me have a WTF laugh to myself. Your gym sounds much more fun!
  • tobafa
    tobafa Posts: 344 Member
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    I like my gym and it has everything I need without the neon lights and the all too perky front desk folks. It's very laid back and would most likely go there even if my work didn't pay for it. Mostly serious minded people there with a few talkers and the people I see there keep coming back which tells me they are committed. It's not bad for what it is. Just a few folks there that cause an eyebrow to raise and head to tilt with a "really?" look on my face.
  • Drenched_N_Motivation
    Drenched_N_Motivation Posts: 1,004 Member
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    The other day I saw a guy in the "zumba" room running in place looking at himself in the mirror. I guess he wasnt a fan of treadmills.
  • aproc
    aproc Posts: 1,033 Member
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    There are two people who will come into my gym in jeans just to do bench presses and then they leave.

    Another guy paces up and down the aisle in the middle of sets. Kind of creeps me out because normally it is just the two of us at 6 in the morning and he looks distressed or crazy. He also slams weight on stuff like assisted pullups by jumping off instead of just letting it up like normal.. When he's not looking like a crazy person, he's talking insanely loud on his phone by holding it in front of his face to talk into it. What the heck? XP I keep switching up my times to avoid people and just come across more odd people with each time slot.
  • M1chelles5
    M1chelles5 Posts: 107
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    The guy who has a Death Grip on the top on the treadmill while running from zombies....I'm easily amused :)
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,455 Member
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    Hipsters. Complete with hats. The old farmer dude that sits in his dirty overalls by the track we run. Oh. And me. Dancing
  • Manabug01
    Manabug01 Posts: 23 Member
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    The guy who has a Death Grip on the top on the treadmill while running from zombies....I'm easily amused :)

    ahahaha At my gym we have a girl that looks like that. Shes about 5'2 and jacks up the incline to 20 and puts it on about 4.0 mph.. then has the death grip on the heart sensors but she looks like shes a running zombie.. all huffin and puffin and snarlin heehee i know its not nice but its funny
  • pantsdailyon
    pantsdailyon Posts: 173 Member
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    I usually work out in camouflage cargo shorts. They're plenty comfy.
  • memega
    memega Posts: 73
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    http://youtu.be/_-91_iXATY8
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
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    everytime I look in the mirror.
    "who the hell is this guy? why is he trying to do Zumba? he's pretty bad at it." :laugh:
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tI9F68-nGc&feature=related

    haha check this out was watching it today!

    In saying that, I HATE watching people with bad form... I wish I could say something to them one day but I'm scared.
  • GroovyGma73
    GroovyGma73 Posts: 64
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    http://youtu.be/_-91_iXATY8


    LOL thats funny as :laugh:
  • hjy319
    hjy319 Posts: 269 Member
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    My gym has a guy who wears all bright yellow (head band shoes, shirt and shorts), I'm torn between thinking he looks like big bird, or a banana. :laugh:
    I never will get the people in flip flops on the weight machines....:noway:
  • dvisser1
    dvisser1 Posts: 788 Member
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    Guy at my gym (mid to upper 40's, about 6'4", flabby arms, flabby belly, spindly chicken legs) gets on the treadmill, cranks the speed up maybe all the way up (way to fast whatever he sets it on), grabs the side rails, locks his elbows to support his full weight and lets those spindly legs flailing away.
  • torylinnangel
    torylinnangel Posts: 253
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    http://youtu.be/_-91_iXATY8

    thanks! now you've got me hooked on "don't be that guy!":happy: :tongue:
  • dvisser1
    dvisser1 Posts: 788 Member
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tI9F68-nGc&feature=related

    haha.... I'd be laughing harder if I didn't see most of this every time I'm in the gym.
  • TheFunBun
    TheFunBun Posts: 793 Member
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    When I do cardio at a certain time there's always this woman who is on the elliptical making victory sounds ever so often.

    She actually kind of reminds me of the Cole Train from Gears of War.

    "WOO!"
    "GET IT!"
    "Whoo-ya!"

    And she says whatever she says loud enough that no headphones in the world are going to help you from being startled.
  • JoggingJeans
    JoggingJeans Posts: 2
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    Regarding the jeans-wearers at the gym: I'm always amazed when I see it. That and when people go running in jeans.

    Enjoy JoggingJeans.com
    It is my blog dedicated to this phenomenon!

    Loved this thread!
    Jill
  • steadk
    steadk Posts: 334 Member
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    Some people do it for modesty, however, I do think it would be a tad uncomfortable to workout in jeans.. or anything that isn't meant as workout clothing. We don't have many odd things at our gym, as most of the members are from the police department, but everyonce in a while, i'll see someone wearing odd shoes (boots) or something else to run
  • couponfun
    couponfun Posts: 714 Member
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    It wasn't so much what he was wearing, but this guy one time at the gym I was in a few years ago...OH MY GOD!

    He was running on the treadmill...had to be in his late 40's, big fella, huge Afro and shorts that were ENTIRELY TOO SHORT for him. But what was distracting/funny was him talking to himself. He'd run and looking in the mirror scream out loud "YEAH, BABY...GIVE IT TO ME...YEAH...HARDER B***CH...UH...UH....HARDER...YEAH....UH...THAT'S RIGHT, TAKE IT! TAKE IT"...and it would just go on...and on...and on...I mean it was like listening to audio porn :laugh:

    For his ENTIRE run, too...oh my God I usually had to change to a different room because you could hear him everywhere in the cardio area. It was too much...and he was so INTENSE about it, too. :laugh:

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